STAND. COM. REP. NO. 217
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: H.B. No. 623
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 623 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RENEWABLE STANDARDS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Updating and extending renewable portfolio standard and renewable standard goals, including a 100-percent renewable energy goal by December 31, 2040;
(2) Applying the same renewable energy goals to large self-generators and establishing reporting requirements and penalties for non-compliance;
(3) Updating and clarifying exemptions and qualifying circumstances for waiver of penalties; and
(4) Updating the Public Utilities Commission's independent study requirements to include the impact of renewable standards on developers' renewable energy prices.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the 100-percent renewable-portfolio-standard and renewable-standard goal date from December 31, 2040, to December 31, 2045;
(2) Specifying that the renewable standards for large-self generators do not apply to electricity-generating equipment that was in service before July 1, 2015; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 623, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 623, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,
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____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair |
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